Mounting ideas for slimline dvd player in dash

Anyone have any good ideas on how to mount a slimline dvd drive in a custom dash face? I'm working with a din and a half space, planning on getting the touch screen motorized single din unit, then have the slimline dvd drive right below it. Din mounts are easy to come by, but what about slimline? In addition, since the computer will be in the back of the car, i assume i'd have to go to ide->firewire convertor right behind the slimline dvd drive, then figure out a way to feed it power, since I don't think you can run IDE very far (am I wrong?). I guess I could run power all the way from the computer to the dash so that when the computer comes on via its own means then the dvd drive would to, that would be just perfect!

Did some reading. IDE is clearly not the way to go if mounting a cdrom at a distance. I think my best bet would be to go with an IDE to FIREWIRE convertor then running a firewire cable between the computer and the drive. I'd still probably run a power cable from the computer to the cdrom drive though...

Hows that morex dc to dc converter treating you? Does it have any nifty features or is it just on and off? I ordered one from mini-itx.com but I haven't found too much info about it..

-Jason

For what it is...which is a basic DC-DC supply with no frills...it works pretty well Not enough power to spin up the 7200rpm desktop drive with the engine off, but other than that, it's OK. No shutdown/startup controller, no regulator on it, but it works well for now.